ASPO ANNUAL REPORT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT 2009 PUBLISHED


ASPO Plc        STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE      March 29, 2010 at 17:20

ASPO ANNUAL REPORT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT 2009 PUBLISHED

Aspo's Annual Report 2009, comprising the financial statements, the Report of
the Board of Directors and the Auditors' report is now available in Finnish,
English and Swedish. A summary of 2009 releases is included in the Annual
Report, and all releases are available on the company website www.aspo.com
<http://www.aspo.com/> > News. The printed report will be mailed to registered
shareholders.

Pdf versions of the report are available on the company website www.aspo.com
<http://www.aspo.com/> > Investors > Materials > Annual Reports. Copies of the
printed report can be ordered through the company's website, by telephone at
+358 9 521 4050 or by e-mail to jamima.lofstrom(a)aspo.com.

Aspo Plc's Corporate Governance Statement 2009 is published on the company
website www.aspo.com <http://www.aspo.com/> > Aspo > Management > Corporate
Governance in pdf format.

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

For more information, please contact
Aki Ojanen, +358 9 5211, +358 400 106 592
aki.ojanen(a)aspo.com

DISTRIBUTION:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Key media
www.aspo.com <http://www.aspo.com/>

ATTACHMENTS:
Annual Report 2009
Corporate Governance Statement 2009

Aspo is a conglomerate that owns and develops businesses in the Baltic Sea
region focusing on demanding B-to-B customers. The aim of our strong corporate
brands - ESL Shipping, Leipurin, Telko and Kaukomarkkinat - is to be the market
leaders in their sectors. They are responsible for their own operations,
customer relationships and the development of these. Together they generate
Aspo's goodwill. Aspo's Group structure and business operations are developed
persistently without any predefined schedules.



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Attachments

Corporate Governance Statement 2009.pdf Annual report 2009.pdf